What is Houdry process?
What is Houdry process? Definition of Houdry process : a cracking process for making high-octane gasoline by passing oil vapors through a fixed bed of an aluminum silicate catalyst in the form of pellets. When was catalytic cracking discovered? in 1937. Pioneered by Eugene Jules Houdry (1892-1962), the catalytic cracking of petroleum revolutionized the industry. […]